PLEASE HELP: Nadir Sadiqi is pleading to stay in Australia as he faces certain death if returned to Afghanistan. More than 53,000 people have signed a petition to save him since the Sunshine Coast Daily revealed his plight in June.Patrick Woods

On August 6, only 15 days away, his visa which has allowed him to stay in Australia expires and he is required to return to his country of birth, Afghanistan. But he knows he will be executed shortly after his arrival by the Taliban for refusing to join its army in the fight against the West as a young man.

Hazara refugee Nadir Sadiqi who arrived in Australia on a boat in 2011 has been told to return to Kabul by August 6. Photo Patrick Woods / Sunshine Coast DailyPatrick Woods

He has already been beaten and left for dead for this crime and his father was murdered and two brothers kidnapped.

Mr Sadiqi fled the country to seek safe haven first in Pakistan and then, by boat, in Australia.

He has already received a direct death threat on Facebook after his details were accidentally leaked along with 10,000 others by the Immigration Department.

A petition to keep Mr Sadiqi in Australia, after it was first highlighted in the Daily on June 20, has gained more than 53,000 signatures. His story has featured on national television and in newspapers across the country.

But Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has still not ended his agony and given clarity on the issue. His department's only comment has been that the minister is "considering the matter".